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Rebecca Black

SHOCKING: Irish leaders say lurgan attack attempt was appalling and deeply chilling - What They Never Told You

Taoiseach Micheal Martin condemned the attempted attack in Lurgan as he arrived for a Cabinet meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ireland’s leaders have described an attempt at a proxy bomb attack on a police station in Northern Ireland as “appalling” and “deeply chilling”.

Dissident republicans have been blamed for the incident late on Monday which saw a food delivery driver hijacked in Lurgan and forced to drive a “crude but viable” device to the Co Armagh town’s police station.

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